This one passes the test

SCHOOL’S out this week for half a million Irish national school pupils — but those days ended some time ago for Waterville’s old NS, which has been on holliers since.

Taken the private holiday home route decades ago, and then used by a British couple as a full-time home from around 1980, it is a one-off with period, bookish roots and has graduated with some style and aplomb.

Set near St Michael’s church and in the town, it has been made over to become a 2,500 sq ft home, well-finished an adapted, full of light and comfort (a gas-fired Aga bellows out heat in the kitchen) and it has westerly sea views to boot.